The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events: Consisting of Authentic Anecdotes, Biographical Memoirs, Manners and Customs, Philosophical Papers, Natural History, Theatrical Intelligence, Analysis of Historical Books, Domestic News, &c. &c. &c, Volume 21790 - History |
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We ought to judge feathering , practised by the rebels of actions like these , ” said
he , ' s not in America , is by no means a mo- by their effects , but by the intention
dern invention , as appears from the of those who commit them . This following ...
We ought to judge feathering , practised by the rebels of actions like these , ” said
he , ' s not in America , is by no means a mo- by their effects , but by the intention
dern invention , as appears from the of those who commit them . This following ...
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For this piece of fer- give you some stronger , " said the ; vice , Louis XIV . gave
him a pension , " but , if you please , lay down the and he soon became major ot '
Valen . money for them . " - " I will give ciennes . After he had risen to this you ...
For this piece of fer- give you some stronger , " said the ; vice , Louis XIV . gave
him a pension , " but , if you please , lay down the and he soon became major ot '
Valen . money for them . " - " I will give ciennes . After he had risen to this you ...
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Then , " said the moson himself to head the army against narch , looking
fignificantly , “ you him . This intelligence put a speedy cannot make a more
unhappy thing ! " end to the rebellion , which might not have been fo foon
quashed , if ...
Then , " said the moson himself to head the army against narch , looking
fignificantly , “ you him . This intelligence put a speedy cannot make a more
unhappy thing ! " end to the rebellion , which might not have been fo foon
quashed , if ...
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VolANECDOTES taire vowed that the verses were his OF THE KING OF
PRUSSIA . own , and that he had but that mos OLD Frederick had a great be , "
said the king ; “ but I have ment finished them . " That may opinion of the utility of
experi- jut ...
VolANECDOTES taire vowed that the verses were his OF THE KING OF
PRUSSIA . own , and that he had but that mos OLD Frederick had a great be , "
said the king ; “ but I have ment finished them . " That may opinion of the utility of
experi- jut ...
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rupting their mirth , said very graveiy , The title bestowed on ine by A soldier ,
subject to get drunk , this good woman , is not so ridiculous was accused of
blafphemy , of saying as you may imagine . I have been a great many injurious
things of ...
rupting their mirth , said very graveiy , The title bestowed on ine by A soldier ,
subject to get drunk , this good woman , is not so ridiculous was accused of
blafphemy , of saying as you may imagine . I have been a great many injurious
things of ...
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Page 258 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Page 241 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 449 - Paris told your king, that in calling the states together, he had nothing to fear but the prodigal excess of their zeal in providing for the support of the throne.
Page 241 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 451 - ... abused shape of the vilest of women. After they had been made to taste, drop by drop, more than the bitterness of death, in the slow torture of a journey of twelve miles, protracted to six hours, they were, under a guard, composed of those very soldiers who had thus conducted them through this famous triumph, lodged in one of the old palaces of Paris, now converted into a Bastile for kings.
Page 427 - We wished at the period of the Revolution, and do now wish, to derive all we possess as an inheritance from our forefathers. Upon that body and stock of inheritance we have taken care not to inoculate any cyon alien to the nature of the original plant.
Page 334 - A large broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied behind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or a conical piece of silver, gilt, about four inches long, much in the shape of our common candle extinguishers. This is called kirn, or horn, and is only worn in reviews or parades after victory.
Page 458 - They are as usefully employed as if they worked from dawn to dark in the innumerable servile, degrading, unseemly, unmanly, and often most unwholesome and pestiferous occupations, to which by the social economy so many wretches are inevitably doomed. If it were not...
Page 452 - They can see, without pain or grudging, an archbishop precede a duke. They can see a bishop of Durham, or a bishop of Winchester, in possession of ten thousand pounds a year; and cannot conceive why it is in worse hands than estates to the like amount in the hands of this earl, or that squire...
Page 98 - And strange as it may appear, I have no doubt he thought the resolve necessary, for his disquietude on the subject of money was now continual. When he went to bed, he would put five or ten guineas into a bureau, and then full of his money, after he had retired to rest, and sometimes in the middle of the night, he would come down to see if it was there.
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| Title | The Historical Magazine, Or, Classical Library of Public Events: Consisting of Authentic Anecdotes, Biographical Memoirs, Manners and Customs, Philosophical Papers, Natural History, Theatrical Intelligence, Analysis of Historical Books, Domestic News, &c. &c. &c, Volume 2 |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2007 |
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